Celestial Navigation in the Age of Sail Winter 2021: Register Jan 30, 31: Atlantic session A fast-paced introductory workshop in the history and the actual techniques of celestial navigation as it was practiced aboard American vessels in the Age of Sail. We'll learn how to take sights and work calculations, especially as done aboard Mystic Seaport Museum's premier exhibit vessel, the 1841 […]
Celestial Navigation in the Age of Sail Winter 2021: Register Feb 1, 2, 3: Pacific session A fast-paced introductory workshop in the history and the actual techniques of celestial navigation as it was practiced aboard American vessels in the Age of Sail. We'll learn how to take sights and work calculations, especially as done aboard Mystic Seaport Museum's premier exhibit vessel, the […]
Modern Celestial TWO: Position Fixes & Star Sights Winter 2021: Register Feb 6, 7: Atlantic session This is not your grandparents' celestial navigation! We focus on celestial for the 21st century, applying traditional sextant sights to modern ocean sailing. In Modern Celestial TWO we continue directly on the modern sight analysis from Modern Celestial ONE using streamlined, modern algorithms, and we learn […]
Modern Celestial TWO: Position Fixes & Star Sights Winter 2021: Register Feb 8, 9, 10: Pacific session This is not your grandparents' celestial navigation! We focus on celestial for the 21st century, applying traditional sextant sights to modern ocean sailing. In Modern Celestial TWO we continue directly on the modern sight analysis from Modern Celestial ONE using streamlined, modern algorithms, and we […]
Lunars: Finding Longitude by Lunar Distances Winter 2021: Register Feb 13, 14: Atlantic session An intermediate-level class in the famous method of finding longitude by observing the Moon's angular separation from the Sun and bright stars. Mystic Seaport Museum's class in "lunars" has been the only class offered on the topic of lunars anywhere on Earth. Lunars were widely used at […]
Lunars: Finding Longitude by Lunar Distances Winter 2021: Register Feb 15, 16, 17: Pacific session An intermediate-level class in the famous method of finding longitude by observing the Moon's angular separation from the Sun and bright stars. Mystic Seaport Museum's class in "lunars" has been the only class offered on the topic of lunars anywhere on Earth. Lunars were widely used at […]
Traditional Celestial Navigation Winter 2021: Register Feb 27, 28: Atlantic session A fast-paced introduction to standard celestial navigation as it was practiced in the latter half of the 20th century, before the introduction of electronic tools like calculators and other computing devices. Pure paper and pencil methods using tables like H.O.229 and H.O.249 and three-star plots for a fix by the "intercept […]
Traditional Celestial Navigation Winter 2021: Register Mar 1, 2, 3: Pacific session A fast-paced introduction to standard celestial navigation as it was practiced in the latter half of the 20th century, before the introduction of electronic tools like calculators and other computing devices. Pure paper and pencil methods using tables like H.O.229 and H.O.249 and three-star plots for a fix by the […]
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